A school in China is monitoring students with facial recognition technology that scans the classroom every 30 seconds

Tara Francis Chan, provided by Published 6:21 pm, Sunday, May 20, 2018 AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein A Chinese high school in Hangzhou is using facial recognition technology that scans students every 30 seconds. The system is analyzing students’ emotions and actions in the classroom, as well as replacing ID cards and wallets at the library and canteen. Facial recognition technology is widespread in China, where it is being used to predict crime before it happens. But using the systems in schools has raised privacy concerns and last year hundreds of channels livestreaming classroom surveillance footage online was shut down. Recommended Video: Now Playing: One healthy concept KFC in China, called K-Pro, already has the familiar ordering kiosks, which are basically giant monitors, but it’s got a new feature which allows customers to pay just by flashing their pearly white. After K-Pro customers login to the kiosks, they can have their face scanned and automatically pay for their meal all with a smile. The new payment method was launched by Alipay in Hangzhou, on Thursday. Media: RuptlyTV The technology scans classrooms at Hangzhou No. 11 High School every 30 seconds and records students’ facial expressions, categorizing them into happy, angry, fearful, confused or upset. The system also records student actions such as writing, reading, raising a hand, and sleeping at a desk. The “intelligent classroom behavior management system,” according to Global Times, also records students’ attendance immediately, and students’ faces are used to pay for canteen lunches and borrow items from the library. The school’s… [Read full story]